Human Ecology students engage in varied experiential learning opportunities including community service, internships, externships, part-time/full-time work, and research to test their career interests and see the impacts of a Human Ecology education in real time. All while also fitting in time to rejuvenate and spend time with the people that matter in their lives!

We asked our CHE students to share their summer experiences. Below is a sampling of what our students reported.

  • Service Project, Prisoner Express (Global and Public Health Sciences)
  • Volunteer, Cedars-Sinai Hospital (Human Biology, Health and Society)
  • Volunteer, Food pantry (Human Biology, Health and Society)
  • Volunteer, No Mas Lagrimas (Human Biology, Health and Society)
  • Volunteer, Open Doors English (Human Biology, Health and Society)
  • Volunteer, Special Needs Camp (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Corporate Consumer & General Management Summer Analyst, JPMorgan & Chase Advancing Hispanic and Latino Fellowship Program (Human Development)
  • Data Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Design Intern, Fabletics (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Design Internship, Stantec Interior (Design & Environmental Analysis)
  • Environment, Health, and Safety Intern, LG Electronics (Global and Public Health Sciences)
  • Footwear Product Creation Intern at Nike (Fiber Science)
  • Intern, Amazon Retail Undergraduate Program (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Intern, Guidehouse (Human Development)
  • Intern, Justice 360 (Human Development)
  • Intern, Newark Water Coalition (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Intern, Nike Global Apparel Materials Development (Fashion Design & Management)
  • Intern, Oscar de le Renta, London UK (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Intern, Physical Therapy (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Merchandising Intern, Women’s Leather Goods and Accessories, Fendi (Fashion Design and Management)
  • MRNA Purification Engineer, Pfizer (Fiber Science)
  • Resource Navigator, Cayuga Medical Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County, and the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Dermatology Physician’s Assistant (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Endocrinologist (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Shadowing, Orthodontist (Human Development)
  • Shadowing, Registered Dietician/Eating disorder specialist (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Strategy Consulting Intern, Siegel and Gale (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Summer Associate Consultant, Trinity Life Sciences (Human Development)
  • Technical Design Intern, The Row (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Data Collection, Play and Learning Lab (Human Development)
  • Document Conversion Assistant, Cornell Student Disability Services, Accessible Media Resource Center (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Lab work, Social determinants of health (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Medical Assistant, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine Clinic (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Medical Assistant, Outpatient clinic (Human Biology Health Society)
  • Pharmacy Technician, Local pharmacy (Human Development)
  • Quality Manager, Epic Systems (Global and Public Health Sciences)
  • Behavioral and Public Health Research, University of California San Francisco Summer Research Program, Berkeley Free Health Clinic (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Precision Nutrition Intern, College of Human Ecology, The Center for Discover on Precision Nutrition (Nutritional Sciences)
  • Research assistant, UNC School of Law Human Rights Policy Lab (Human Development)
  • Research Intern, Textile Development and Marketing FIT (Fashion Design and Management)
  • Research Intern, Textile Research Institute (Fiber Science)
  • Research Internship, Regenerative Andean Agroforestry Landscape in Cotacachi, Ecuador (Design and Environmental Analysis)
  • Research, Laidlaw Research and Leadership Program (Design and Environmental Analysis)
  • Research, New York University College of Dentistry, Research Education in Oral Health Sciences program (Global & Public Health Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Human Ecology, Dr. Odoms-Young Lab (Human Biology, Health, and Society)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Columbia University Department of Neurology, Summer Translational Aging Research for Undergraduates program (STAR-U) (Human Development)